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Basically the oldest, most selective, richest Canadian universities - McGill University, University of Toronto and Queen's University.

There are others that get honourable mention, but these three are the top dogs, all within a few hours of each other, and all highly internationally ranked. All three have ties to the American Ivy League too, and were even founded before Canada had its own constitution.
Three dads talking about their kids' school acceptances:
1 "Hot damn, my son's going to Toronto - they publish more than Harvard!"
2 "Well hey, my boy's off to McGill - "The Harvard of the North" where they INVENTED football and hockey!"
3 "Oh yeah, my daughter's off at Queens - working with kids who transferred from Cornell!"
4 "Mmm... I wish my little girl could've gone to a Canadian Ivy League... she's going to Brock."
*Laughter*
by Pillsbury May 24, 2008
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